Adinah Dancyger & Mykki Blanco’s I Want a Dyke for President (2016), video still. Courtesy of the artist.

2. “Hold These Truths” at the Nathan Cummings Foundation
No Longer Empty presents the followup to “Bring in the Reality,” its activist-themed 2015 exhibition at the Nathan Cummings Foundation, with “Hold These Truths.” Taking its name directly from the US Constitution, the group show takes on “alternative facts” and “fake news” with work from artists including Shaun Leonardo, Adinah Dancyger & Mykki Blanco, and Natalie Bookchin.

3. “Thinking Machines: Art and Design in the Computer Age, 1959–1989” at the Museum of Modern Art
MoMA’s plumbs its collection of works made with and inspired by computer technology, including kinetic sculpture, plotter drawing, computer animation, and video installation. Along with artwork by John Cage and Lejaren Hiller, Richard Hamilton, Stan VanDerBeek, and others, the exhibition includes early computer designs from the likes of Thinking Machines Corporation, IBM, and Apple Computer.

Chelsea Leyland at the Whitney Gala and Studio Party. Courtesy of Neil Rasmus/BFA.

5. Art Party 2017 at the Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney holds its annual art party, offering guests a chance to enjoy cocktails and dancing in the lobby as well as fall exhibitions featuring Laura Owens, Jimmie Durham, and Toyin Ojih Odutola. Ahead of the late night affair, model-actress Ashley Graham and sculptor and performance artist Raúl de Nieves, a breakout star of this year’s Whitney Biennial, will serve as co-chairs of the intimate pre-Art Party dinner, featuring a special performance by Young Paris.

6. “Nicole Eisenman: Talks at the New School” as part of the Public Art Fund’s 40th Anniversary
In celebration of the Public Art Fund’s 40th Anniversary, a talk with artist Nicole Eisenman, best known for her cartoon-like figurative paintings that are often disquieting, sardonic, and humorous. Most recently, Eisenman has crossed into the realm of sculpture, most notably with Sketch for a Fountain at the Skulptur Projekte Munster, 2017, a sculptural installation that was vandalized multiple times during its exhibition.

Location: The New School, Tishman Auditorium at 63 Fifth AvenuePrice: $10 general admission, free for students with IDTime: 6:30 p.m.

7. Talk with artist Mary Heilmann at the Austrian Cultural Forum
To mark the current exhibition “WILD WEST,” the Austrian Cultural Forum presents a talk with pioneering artist Mary Heilmann moderated by artist and curator of the show Andreas Reiter Raabe.

8. “Obdurate Space: Architecture of Donald Judd” at the Center for Architecture
The two principals of Amstrong + Cohen Architecture, Claude Armstrong and Donna Cohen, worked under renowned artist and prolific critic Donald Judd as architectural assistants during the 1980s. Judd’s projects, both built and unrealized, will be featured in this show via new models as well as photographs, drawings, and digital renderings. Among them are his concrete buildings at the Judd Foundation in Marfa, Texas; a proposal for downtown Cleveland; and a train station in Basel, Switzerland, completed with Zwimpfer Architekten.

9. GIG Pre-Party with Performance by HAIM at the Guggenheim Museum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation celebrates its 80th anniversary with two nights of parties in its iconic rotunda, made possible by Dior. Ahead of the more staid benefit dinner on Thursday honoring Cai Guo-Qiang, former longtime Guggenheim board of trustees president Jennifer Blei Stockman, and UBS, the GuggenheimInternational Gala kicks off with the GIG pre-party on Wednesday night, featuring a performance from the band Haim and a full open bar.

13. “VISIONAIRE RACING” at Cadillac House
Artists including Tom Sachs, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Will Cotton, Laurie Simmons, and Virgil Abloh have each created their own Mini4WD cars, to-scale working designs, on display at Cadillac House alongside the largest Mini4WD racing track on the East Coast. Visitors can design, build, and test their own models, in the hopes of winning an official race—the first round, featuring all the artists, is December 3, with qualifiers moving on to the semis on the December 10, and the December 17 final.

15. “Renegade Craft Fair” at the Metropolitan Pavilion
Looking ahead to your holiday gift-giving needs, you might want to swing by the international Renegade Craft Fair, stopping in New York this weekend, 200 independent “makers” in tow. Expect artsy jewelry and ceramics, as well as clothing and home decor.

16. 2nd Annual Print & Zine Fest at New Women Space
Blog and magazine Got a Girl Crush and the New Women Space will showcase zines and prints from female/fem-identifying/non-binary/trans/gender non-conforming artists and publications at its second annual event.

17. “Mary Kelly: The Practical Past” at Mitchell Innes & Nash
For almost two decades, Mary Kelly has mined the depths of her dryer for material, creating work from the humble, compressed lint leftover after every load of wash. Her first exhibition at Mitchell-Innes & Nash features her recreations of photographs of major historical events from three different years—1940, 1968, and 2011—made using this unorthodox material.